Box-magazine for firearms.



P. MAUSEB.

v BOX MAGAZINE FOR FIREARMS- APPLICATION IILBD NOV,24,'1913.

. 1,129,3 4, Patent ed Mar.2,1915.

' Attorney.

f "onirnn sT T s PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL MAUSER, F OBERNDOBF-OlV-THE-NECKAR, GERMANY.

f nox-mnoazmn ron rmmnmsf I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL MAUSER, subject of the King of Wurttemberg,residing at Oberndorf-on-the-Neckar, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Magazines for Firearms, of which the following is a specification. I

' The invention relates to acartridge magazine for a istol and residesbroadly in the fact that t e front portion of the bottom...

plate is guided by the lateral ribs of the magazine'and constitutes aresilient locking means, which, in the closed position, is disposed infront of the correspondingly ormed guiding ribs.

" In the drawing an embodiment of the invention is shown by way ofexample.

Figures 1 and 2 show synoptically the lower portion of the pistolmagazine constructed in accordance with the invention, with twodifierent positions of the bottom plate. Figs. 3 and 4 are bottom viewsof the bottom plate and oi the magazine without the latter. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectilon through the magazine with the bottom p ate.

The magazine a is provided'at the lower edge, with ribs 6 in knownmanner, on which the bottom plate 0 is guided by the edges of the bottomplate overlapping the ribs. The front orti'on of the bottom plate isformed as a shaped portion 0 by two lateral angular'cuts, and isconnected to the Specification of Letters Patent.

remainder of the plate by a resilient tongue 0 This portion 0 isprovided with lateral Patented Mar. 2*,1915.

Application filed November 24, 1913, Serial No. 802,763.

flaps a? (Fig. 3) which when the bottom plate is slid over the magazine,slide on the latters guiding ribs (Fig. -1) and as soon as the saidplate is in place, drop in behind suitably formed ribs 6 (Fig. 2). Thebottom plate is thus securely retained on the ,magazine and can only beseparated therefrom by raising the locking portion 0 and simultaneouslywithdrawing the bottom plate.

Owing to the fact that according to the invention the lockin means isformed by the bottom late itse f a substantial simplification is e ectedover known constructions in which separate locking means were fixed onthe bottom plate.

What I claim as my mventionand desire to secure by patent is:

A' cartridge magazine for firearms comprising a magazine body havinglateral ribs, a bottom plate lateral fla s on said bottom plate, saidflaps, in the loc position, engagmg openings in said ribs and thusholding said bottom plate -on said magazinebody.

ided on said ribs and In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

a MAUSER.

- Witnesses: l

Rosna'r Mrcmznsm, .Fmnnm'on Eiounonn.

